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The Mongols were highly tolerant of most religions during the early Mongol Empire, and typically sponsored several at the same time. At the time of Genghis Khan in the 13th century, virtually every religion had found converts, from Buddhism to Eastern Christianity and Manichaeanism to Islam.
Religion in Mongolia has been traditionally dominated by the schools of Mongolian Buddhism and by Mongolian shamanism, the ethnic religion of the Mongols. Historically, through their Mongol Empire the Mongols were exposed to the influences of Christianity ( Nestorianism and Catholicism ) and Islam , although these religions never came to dominate.
Tengrism is an animistic all-encompassing system of belief that includes medicine, religion, a reverence of nature, and ancestor worship. [90] Turkic spiritual wisdom has no finalized condition, but is dialogical and discursive. [91] Tengrism as a monotheistic religion developed only at the imperial level in aristocratic circles. [5] [92]
Many Mongols had been proselytized by the Church of the East (sometimes called "Nestorian") since about the seventh century, [3] and some tribes' primary religion was Christian. In the time of Genghis Khan , his sons took Christian wives of the Keraites , and under the rule of Genghis Khan's grandson, Möngke Khan , the primary religious ...
Walter Heissig, The Religions of Mongolia, Kegan Paul (2000). Myths Connected With Mongol Religion, A Journey in Southern Siberia, by Jeremiah Curtin. Gerald Hausman, Loretta Hausman, The Mythology of Horses: Horse Legend and Lore Throughout the Ages (2003), 37–46.
Tibetan Buddhism is a ritualistic religion with a large number of deities. This inspired the creation of religious objects including images in paintings and sculptures. After the Stalinist purges in the 1930s, both Buddhism and Shamanism were virtually outlawed in the Mongolian People's Republic.
The Church of the East was an important religion among the Mongols at its peak of diffusion, and Inner Mongolia hosts archeological remains of the ancient Christian communities. [19] It was reintroduced in China , after having disappeared among the Han Chinese, by the Mongols themselves, when they invaded the country in the 13th century ...
Mongolian shamanism, known as the Böö Mörgöl (Бөө мөргөл [pɵː ˈmɵrkʊ̆ɬ]) in Mongolian and more broadly called the Mongolian folk religion [1] or occasionally Tengerism, [2] [note 2] refers to the animistic and shamanic ethnic religion that has been practiced in Mongolia and its surrounding areas (including Buryatia and Inner Mongolia) at least since the age of recorded history.